Amanda Bronstad

January 21, 2010 | Law.com

A California appeals court has ruled that leading asbestos litigation firm Waters & Kraus did not engage in "judicially sanctioned extortion," as a Los Angeles trial judge contended when finding the firm intentionally re-filed a case in California as a means of forcing a settlement. The trial judge found that Waters & Kraus had played the same "grisly game of asbestos litigation" in at least nine cases, but the appeals panel found there was no evidence the firm filed its earlier Texas action for an improper purpose.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 29, 2011 | Legaltech News

The entertainment groups that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors seek more than $1.1 million in attorney fees and expenses from the state. The groups filed the compensation request on July 22 with the Supreme Court, covering legal work from when the case was before the Court.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

September 26, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A series of recent court decisions in California are carving out the nation's most significant case law about whether governmental entities, such as cities and counties, must account for impact upon climate change when approving local construction projects under development.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 02, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The case pits California upstart Pom Wonderful against juice-making giant Welch Foods Inc. over the marketing of their respective pomegranate juice products.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

January 29, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which won Justice Dept. approval recently subject to certain divestments, is the first major combination OK'd under the Obama administration. Steven Sletten, who led the team representing Ticketmaster, discussed the difficult negotiations.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 09, 2008 | The Recorder

Knobbe, Martens is expanding but wants to retain its unique strategy.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

December 20, 2007 | The Recorder

The Philadelphia firm's new office will focus on IP, employment work.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

June 14, 2010 | The Recorder

Plaintiffs' attorney Pierce O'Donnell was indicted on charges that he reimbursed "straw donors" who contributed to the presidential campaign of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

February 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A formidable team of lawyers has lined up to defend Dr. Conrad Murray, who was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

December 16, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Lawyers representing Mattel Inc. in its ongoing legal dispute with the manufacturer of Bratz dolls have filed a motion to disqualify opposing counsel Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, citing a conflict of interest that arose after the firm hired an associate who has previously worked on the other side of the same case.

By Amanda Bronstad

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